LAIRESSE, GERARD de.The Art of Painting in all its Branches, Methodically demonstrated by Discourses and Plates, and exemplified by Remarks on the Paintings Of the best Masters: And their Perfections and Oversights laid open. Translated by Frederick Fritsch, Painter. London, S. Vandenbergh et al., 1778. 4to. Recent boards made of vellum imitated paper. Engraved frontispiece. (20),504 pp. and 71 fine engraved plates + 7 lithographed plates from another work, illustrationg the themes of the chapters. Titlepage in red a. black. A few brownspots and some scattered offsettings from the plates. Printed on good paper.. Second English edition of this highly estimated work which is a translation of the original work in Dutch "De Groot Schilderbook" from 1712. Lairesse was a Dutch painter and theorist and the foremost representative of Classicism in Holland. His work was highly influential on the 18th century painters like Jacob de Wit and Jan van Mieris. Rembrandt painted him around 1665. In 1874 Robert Browning wrote on the fly-leaf of his copy of his first edition of the English translation: "I read this book more often and with greater delight when I was a child than any other; and still remember the main of it most gratefully for the good I seem to have got from the prints and wonderful text." - Brunet III:775 (Dutch edition)

[PENNANT Thomas] 1726-1798A Tour in Wales MDCCLXX (III) With the Moses Griffith Supplemental Plates London: Henry Hughes, 1778 2 volumes in contemporary cal, decorative gilt edge tooling, with gilt floral corners, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spines have been relaid at some stage, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, titles in gilt to red leather labels. Internally, decorative gilt tooling to board edges, marbled endpapers, text block edges in gilt, engraved title pages, some light off-setting to plates, and minimal light browning to some edges. Vol 1, ink name to fep (R Ward?), eng tp, [1], (ii-vi), [2], [1], 2-455, [1] errata, [8] index, [2] adverts, 1 woodcut and 26 (of 26, includes 2 portrait and 11 folding). Vol 2, engraved title page dated 1781 (Journey to Snowdon), with the vignette of Rudland, (ii), [2], [1], 2-183 pp. [1], 184-487 pp, [8] index, [1], 186-197 pp corrections, 26 plates (includes 2 portraits and 1 folding), 4 illustrations, lacks the 2nd tp Tour In Wales 1784 with the Shopherd vignette, as is often the case when the 3 tours are bound into 2 vols, small marginal paper tear P220, with the usual pagination errors 137/173 etc. A nice set, in contemporary bindings! The tour in Wales actually took place in 1773, MDCLXX was corrected by hand to MDCLXXIII on a number of copies - this included. Better described as 2 volumes in 3 parts as the tour was completed over 3 different trips, Vol 1 is part 1, Volume 2 being part 2 & 3. (ESTC T133752. Allibone 1553. Lowndes 1823) Pennant, naturalist, traveller, and writer, who in addition to his tour of Scotland, undertook several other tours: of northern England in 1773, of Northamptonshire and of the Isle of Man in 1774, of Warwickshire in 1776, of Kent in 1776, and of Cornwall in 1787. Several tours throughout Wales in the early 1770s, where his Welsh-speaking friend and companion, the Revd John Lloyd of Caerwys, performed the same function as Stuart had in Gaelic Scotland, were brought together as Tours in Wales in three volumes (1778&ndash;83). ODNB.

GRANADOS Y GALVEZ, Joseph JoaquinTardes Americanas Gobierno Gentil y Catolico: Breve y Particular Noticia de Toda la Historia Indiana: Sucesos, casos notables, y cosas ignoradas, desde la entrada de la Gran Nacion Tulteca á esta tierra de Anahuac, hasta los presentes tiempos. Trabajadas por un Indio, y un Español. Mexico En la nueva Imprenta Matritense de D. Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros 1778 - An Important and Rare Work on the Early History of the Mexicans GRANADOS Y GALVEZ, Joseph Joaquin. Tardes Americanas: Gobierno Gentil y Catolico: Breve y Particular Noticia de Toda la Historia Indiana: Sucesos, casos notables, y cosas ignoradas, desde la entrada de la Gran Nacion Tulteca á esta tierra de Anahuac, hasta los presentes tiempos. Trabajadas por un Indio, y un Español.Mexico: En la nueva Imprenta Matritense de D. Felipe de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1778. First edition. Small quarto. [72], 540 pp. Engraved arms at head of dedication and three engraved plates. Contemporary vellum with leather loop and toggle fastening. Spine lettered in manuscript. Some light foxing and occasional thumb-soiling, worm track on leaves Nn2-Rr1 (pp. 215-246), affecting a few words, two of the plates shaved a little close at fore-edge, without front and rear fly leafs. A very good copy of this rare and important work. "This interesting history of ancient Mexico, written in the form of a dialogue between an Indian and a Spaniard, and divided into seventeen ?Nights,? is very little known in Europe, and is very rare in Mexico. The author held several important offices in the latter country, among which was the superintendence of the Missions among the Mexican Indians.On pp. 90 to 94, will be found a fragment of Aztec poetry, written by a poet of the euphonious name of Notzahualcoyotl, and translated into Spanish by the author. One of the most curious subjects treated in this work, is that of the Mexican Calendar with the names of the days in Mexican and in Spanish" (Field). Field 620. Palau 108426. Sabin 28255. HBS 66567. $4,500 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

BURKE, Edmund (Editor)The Annual Register. Or, A View of the History, Politicks, and Literature. For the Year 1777 London: Printed for J. Dodsley, Pall Mall [1778]., 1778. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary full calf with gilt border to covers, twin red and green title labels (nineteenth century respine), combed marble endpapers. Internally clean. Some general scuffing to binding. Very good. The twentieth volume of the series; a most important year. The idea of this annual was that of Edmund Burke, one of the major British Statesmen of the late 18th century. The Register was the most important factual magazine of its time, giving in-depth coverage of political and social events, plus reviews of important literary publications, and is today an invaluable account of American history of the time. This volume includes, within the &#39;History&#39; section, &#39;Retrospective view of American Affairs in the year 1776&#39;, plus detailed accounts of key episodes within the War of Independence including &#39;State of the American Force&#39;, &#39;General Lee Taken&#39;, &#39;Critical State of Pennsylvania&#39; Washington attacks Col.Mawhood near Princetown, &#39;Americans over-run thew Jerseys&#39;, British forces keep Brunswick and Amboy&#39;., and &#39;Indian War&#39;.The &#39;Chronicle&#39; section reprints correspondence between Lord Howe and Dr.Franklin and the &#39;State Papers&#39; includes John Hancock&#39;s &#39;American Oath of Allegiance&#39;. Among the literary and scientific articles are &#39;Extracts from the Life of David Hume&#39;, &#39;Account of the Savage Tribes of America&#39; (Robertson), Extracts from Cook&#39;s Voyage including the existence of a southern continent, and an account of poisonous fish in the South Seas, extracts from Evelyn&#39;s Sylva, &#39;On the Origin of the Name of Old Nick&#39;, Poems by Dr.Johnson, Garrick and Sheridan, plus book reviews of Robertson&#39;s History of America, and Capt. Cook&#39;s Voyage to the South Pole.

Shakspeare, WilliamThe Plays of William Shakspeare (12 Volumes) London: C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, et al., 1778. Second Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Very Good. 12 vol. +/-700 pp per vol. B&#39;w frontis portrait. Title, Cont: "With the Corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens." The Second Edition, revised and augmented. Vol. 1 includes a second b/w portrait, the text of Shakspeare&#39;s (sic) will, and a facsimile sheet with Shakspeare&#39;s signature and those of the witnesses of the will. Leather covers are light olive, backed and cornered with deeper green. Five raised bands on spine, gilt lettering. All vols. show some wear at corners and spine ends, light soil to boards. All edges are marbled in a paper which matches the eps. Upper edges darker with age. Some signatures sprung in V. I, III, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X. It appears as though at the time these bvolumes were re-bound in the 19th century the spines were trimmed so that they were no longer folded signatures but perfect-bound where all of the sheets we glued directrly to the mull at the spine. Over time, the glue has released and the signatures are beginning to separate. We have two additional volumes, identical in appearance, labeled "Supplement to the Edition of Shakspeare&#39;s Plays Published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. In Two Volumes containing additional observations by several of the former commentators: to which are subjoined the Genuine Poems of the same author, and seven plays that have been ascribed to him; with notes by the Editor and Others." Vol. 1 of the Supplements has a b/w frontis engraving of the house in Stratford upon Avon in which Shakspeare was born. These two are dated 1780 on t.p. and spine; same publishing info listed. Integral bookmarks present. Courtney & Smith, p. 109; Fleeman 65.10SP/7; Jaggard, p. 504.

FORSTER, John Reinold. ( Johann Reinhold Forster ).:OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, NATURAL HISTORY, AND ETHIC PHILOSOPHY. especially on 1.The Earth and its strata. 2.Water and the ocean. 3.The atmosphere. 4.The changes of the globe. 5.Organic bodies, and London, G. Robinson, 1778.. 6. The Human species. FIRST EDITION 1778, 4to, approximately 275 x 210 mm, 10¾ x 8¼ inches, 2 folding tables: a Chart Representing the Isles of the South Seas and a Table which compares the various languages of the isles of the South Sea and of various nations to the east and west of it`, LACKS FOLDING MAP, pages: [4], iii, (3), iv, [9]-649, [1] - errata, signatures A-B missing (pages (9)-16) which should follow page iv of the Contents list, these pages contained a Journal, that is a brief month by month account of the voyage of the Resolution from July 1772 to July 1775. Bound in full calf, raised bands and gilt rules to spine, gilt lettered red morocco label. Upper hinge cracked at top 85 mm (3¼"), lower hinge just starting to crack at foot, a couple of small scrapes to upper cover, endpapers signed by 2 members of the Hutchinson family, very small hole to inner margin of title page, small piece torn from top inner corner of leaf of Subscribers, no loss of printed area, 2 tiny ink spots in blank area of page 115, folding table at page 512 slightly foxed in the margins with offset onto margins of adjacent text pages, otherwise contents clean. A very good copy, lacking map as noted. "Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798) originally from Germany, was a scientific writer and translator who accompanied Cook as naturalist on his second Pacific voyage. An account is given of the countries visited in 1772-75, but for the most part this work concerns the South Sea Islands. The observations concerning the "human species" are especially interesting and give detailed information on the natives... populations, food, cannibalism, the status of women, customs, languages, and mythology. The last section presents a detailed evaluation of steps taken for the preservation of health on the voyage, ... Forster deals at considerable length with the health and diseases of the South Sea islanders. He discusses venereal disease on several pages and suggests it was endemic in the Islands..." Hill, Pacific Voyages, Volume I, page 109; Bibliography of Captian James Cook, The Library of New South Wales, No. 1262; Cox, Travel, Volume I, page 61; Joseph Sabin, A Dictionary of Books relating to America, 25140. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. POSTAGE AT COST.

N/aThe History of the Pleas of the Crown London - T. Payne et al, 1778 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A comprehensive History of the Pleas of the Crown published from the original manuscripts by Sollom Emlyn, of Lincoln&#39;s Inn Esq. Written by Sir Matthew Hale who was Lord Chief Justice of the court of the King&#39;s Bench. In two volumes complete. A new edition, carefully revised and corrected with additional notes and references to modern cases concerning pleas of the crown. Together with an abridgement of the statutes concerning felonies which have been enacted since the firstpublication of this work, by George Wilson,Sergeant at Law. With an extract printed to frontispiecefrom theJournal of theHouse of Commons, dated 29th November 1680 &#39;Ordered that the Executors of Sir Matthew Hale,late Lord Chief Justice of the court of the King&#39;s Bench, be desired to print the MSS. relating to the Crown-law; and that a Committee be appointed to take care in printing thereof. . . &#39;With receipt from previous purchase dated 1970 inserted. Condition: In a full calf binding. Externally, sound but with bumping and wear to extremities. With marksto boards and some staining to rear board and spineof first volume. With slight loss to head of spines. Joints startingvery slightly. Front hinges strained. Internally, generally firmly bound but endpapers loosening to first volume. Generally bright and clean but with some off-setting from binding and theodd spotto first and last few pages. Overall: GOOD.

ETAT ET DELICES DE LA SUISSE Published by Samuel Fauche, 1778. Hardback. Very Good. Very good condition with no wrapper. Full brown calf binding with gilt decorations and title to spine. Description historique et geographique des treize cantons Suisses et de leurs allies nouvelle edition. Two volumes in one. 4 folding b/w maps. 3 single page b/w maps. 30 b/w plates and one folding b/w plate. Text in French. Probably new marbled endpapers. Some pages have light brown stain on lower half of page (looks like ancient dampstain). Last sentence on page 272 has been adversely affected with a couple of words eligible. Otherwise the text is bright and readable. One map is browned. Majority of plates not marked. [S]

HEAP, George (1714-1752) and Nicholas SCULL (1686-1762); afterAn East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania, in North America; taken from the Jersey Shore ... Engraved from the Original Drawing sent over from Philadelphia in the possession of Carington Bowles London: Carington Bowles, 1 January 1778. Engraving, on laid paper, full period hand-colouring. Fourteen numbered references. Linen-backed at a very early date, lower margin trimmed to the platemark, old repaired tears. 11 1/8 x 17 1/4 inches. "The most decorative of all the reissues of Scull and Heap&#39;s 1754 East Prospect of Philadelphia" (Snyder). This is one of the great early views of Philadelphia. Based upon the Scull and Heap view of 1752, which was nearly seven feet long, this Carington Bowles version captures the main features of the city as it was and is "probably the most decorative of all reissues.." (Snyder). It certainly conveys the feel of an active port city, which is true of the original Scull and Heap print. It was published during the British occupation of Philadelphia, and the war was probably the reason for the new edition, as it was for many revived maps and views. This is the first issue of the Bowles edition, dated 1778 (later issues are undated and published by Bowles and Carver. Brightly hand-colored in a thick gouache, the engraving was intended by Bowles as part of a series of prints to be used in a peep show or optical viewer. Operating one of the largest print "warehouses" in London, Bowles was able to secure Heap&#39;s painting and this resulting print remains largely true to the original (albeit with sections of the shoreline and wharves truncated to maintain the standard size of the prints in the series). A lovely copy of a rare and desirable view. Snyder, City of Independence, 100; Deak, Picturing America, 101.

(Church of Ireland)The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of Ireland Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches Dublin: Executors of David Hay, 1778. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Contemporary full leather in a straight-grain pattern; spine simply ruled with two initials (W. D.) in the title spot; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; ribbon markers. Light wear to the hinges and edges, gilt worn, else a very nice copy. Scarce Common Prayer specifically for the use of the Irish Church. ESTC T91485.

[Adams, John]:[GROUP OF SEVEN CONTEMPORARY ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN ADAMS] [Various places. ca. 1778-1799, as enumerated below].. Seven engravings, ranging from 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 to 8 3/4 x 6 inches, all inlaid into quarto sheets. Fine. A fine collection of seven contemporary engravings of John Adams, executed from the 1770s to the 1790s. A least one appears to be a proof sheet, and it bears no indication of publisher or engraver. The images capture Adams from the period of the Revolution through his presidency. They are as follow: 1) JOHN ADAMS. [London]: Published by Cadell & Davies, Sept. 14, 1799. 6 x 4 1/4 inches. A stipple engraving by Harding after an original illustration by Taylor. 2) [JOHN ADAMS]. [Np. nd]. 8 3/4 x 6 inches. Adams is depicted in an oval frame, with no artist or engraver noted. 3) JOHN ADAMS. GEZANT DER NOORD- AMERICASCHE STAATEN, IN DE VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDEN. [Np, The Hague? nd, ca. 1782]. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. An image almost identical to the one immediately above, but with Adams in a rectangular frame, and captioned in Dutch. An olive branch in the lower right corner perhaps symbolizes the treaty Adams negotiated with the Dutch in 1782. 4) HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN ADAMS. [London]: Published by J. Fielding, Sept. 1, 1783. 6 1/2 x 4 inches. The engraving was executed after "an original portrait in the possession of Edmund Jennings, Esq." 5) JOHN ADAMS, L.L.D. VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [Np. nd, ca. 1790]. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Engraved by Hall, after a painting by John Singleton Copley. 6) JOHN ADAMS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. [Np. nd, ca. 1797]. 5 3/4 x 4 inches. The only identifying mark is "Houston, Sculpt." below the oval image of Adams. 7) JOHN ADAMS. [Np. nd, ca. 1798]. 5 x 3 3/4 inches. Depicts Adams about the time of his presidency.

Brun, Giovanni (engraver)Carte Reduite des Cotes Orientales de l&#39;Amerique Septentrionale contenant Partie du Nouveau Jersey, la Pen-sylvanie, le Mary-land, la Virginie, la Caroline Septentrionale, la Caroline Meridionale et la Georgie Paris, France: Antoine De Sartine, Departemente De la Marine, 1778. Approximately 18" x 35". This important Revolutionary War chart was prepared for the French maritime atlas Neptune Americo-Septentrional, but also issued separately. No doubt that other copies of this chart were used by the French fleet during their famous blockade of the Chesapeake that secured Washington&#39;s defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown. The chart ranges from Delaware Bay and Philadelphia southward to the St. Johns River in what today is Florida and contains extensive details, especially in the Chesapeake Bay region. Additionally, it provides considerable inland details (roads, tribes, towns, mountains rivers, etc.) as far north as Fort Necessity and as far west as the Ohio River. Neatly mended split along the lower half of the centerfold and well-done small repairs in several spots and along the margin. Some soiling on the reverse and backed with thin paper. Very attractive..

[PENNANT Thomas] 1726-98A Tour in Wales. MDCCLXXIII London: Henry Hughes, 1778 In full contemporary speckled calf, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn, a few small marks. Spine has been relaid, retaining the old, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, titles in gilt to red leather label. Internally, bookplate of John Paul Paul of High Grove in Tetbury to fpd, hinges strengthened, engraved title page with vignette of Caergwrle Castle by Moses Griffith, [2], (vi), [2], [1], 2-455 pp, [1], [10] index and adverts, eng. frontis + 26 plates (of 26 with 12 folding), + 2 vignettes, some light offsetting. Pennants first tour in Wales actually took place in 1773, MDCLXX was corrected by hand to MDCLXXIII on a number of copies, including this one, usual pagination errors but complete. This is the first part of his North Wales tour that took in the counties of Flint and Denbighshire. This publication was followed by a printing in Dublin in 1779, and then a Journey to Snowdon Part 1 in 1781, then part 2 in 1783 which combined into 2 volumes 3 parts in 1784!s! A really nice copy, clean, tight with the absolute minimum amount of foxing. (ESTC T133752 for the 1st part. Allibone 1553)After the success of his earlier Tour of Scotland, Pennant undertook several other tours: of northern England in 1773, of Northamptonshire and of the Isle of Man in 1774, of Warwickshire in 1776, of Kent in 1776, and of Cornwall in 1787. Several tours throughout Wales in the early 1770s, where his Welsh-speaking friend and companion, the Revd John Lloyd of Caerwys, performed the same function as Stuart had in Gaelic Scotland, were brought together as Tours in Wales in three volumes (1778&ndash;83). See ODNB for a full Bio.

Carver, Jonathan:TRAVELS THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTS OF NORTH- AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, AND 1768 London: Printed for the author, 1778.. [20],xvi,543,[1]pp. plus two folding maps and four plates. Additional portrait of Carver bound in as a frontispiece. Contemporary speckled calf, expertly rebacked in matching speckled calf, gilt morocco labels. A bit of occasional, light tanning; some offsetting from plates. A few instances of neat contemporary marginalia or corrections. A very good copy. Carver went farther west than any British explorer before the Revolution. He was seeking a transcontinental waterway, but mainly explored tributaries of the Mississippi. His book, however, is often given credit for being a catalyst for further exploration, influencing Mackenzie and Lewis and Clark. "A Plan of Captain Carver&#39;s Travels in the Interior Parts of North America" shows the headwaters of the Mississippi, lakes Michigan and Superior, and the land as far west as the Dakotas. The text contains the first mention of the word "Oregon." Includes material relating to the languages of a number of Indian tribes. A cornerstone early western travel narrative. HOWES C215, "aa." FIELD 251. STREETER SALE 1772. PILLING, PROOF- SHEETS 634. SABIN 11184. VAIL 670.

Trumbull, Jonathan, Governor of ConnecticutManuscript Document, signed ("Jonth Trumbull") giving safe passage to Dudley Woodbridge of Norwich to deliver rum and sugar to Fishkill, New York "the embargo Notwithstanding" Lebanon, Ct., 24 june, 1778. 13.2 x 20 cm. Ink on paper. Slightly spotted, two edges repaired, various perforations from pne and closed tears . As Governor of Connecticut, Trumbull played an important role in the Revolution, especially in supplying the General Washington&#39;s troops. With this document, Trumbull sends rum and sugar tothe the hudson valleym, where Washington&#39;s troops were quartered after the terrible winter of 1777-78 at Valley forge "Connecticut under Trumbull&#39;s leadership and through his son Joseph&#39;s position as commissary general became an important supplier of provisions to Washington}s army ..." - DAB

LEISTE, ChristianBeschreibung des Brittischen Amerika zur Ersparung der Englischen Karten Wolfenbuttel: 1778. 8vo. (6 3/4 x 4 inches). 20,571,[1]pp. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline.. Contemporary paper-covered boards (front joint partially split). With an interesting map of revolutionary America This work gives a thorough description of New England during the Revolutionary War, describing the geographical, political and economic makeup of the colonies, as well as the European inhabitants. It also includes an index and a detailed map by Pingeling entitled "Special-Karte von den mittleren Brittischen Colonien in Nord-America," a rare German depiction of Revolutionary War-era New England and the mid-Atlantic, as far south as Maryland. Howes l-243; Clark I:270; McCorkle 778.14; Sabin 39937

VariousThe Annual Register, or a VIEW of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the YEAR 1777 ONT> ONT>, 1778 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. A handsomely bound copy of the 20th volume of this long-established work of reference. First written in 1758 under the editorship of Edmund Burke, and produced continuously since that date, the Annual Register records and analyses the years major events, developments and trends throughout the world. A particularly interesting year of the Review, containing some fascinating contemporary analysis and opinion of the American Civil War. First edition. Condition: In a full speckled calf binding with a particularly nice spine. Externally, generally smart with an attractive patina. However front joint is starting and rear joint has almost failed, may detach in post. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with any spots largely confined to the first and last few pages. Overall: GOOD..

Brun, Giovanni (engraver)Carte Reduite des Cotes Orientales de l&#39;Amerique Septentrionale contenant Partie du Nouveau Jersey, la Pen-sylvanie, le Mary-land, la Virginie, la Caroline Septentrionale, la Caroline Meridionale et la Georgie Paris, France: Antoine De Sartine, Departemente De la Marine, 1778. Approximately 18" x 35". This important Revolutionary War chart was prepared for the French maritime atlas Neptune Americo-Septentrional, but also issued separately. No doubt that other copies of this chart were used by the French fleet during their famous blockade of the Chesapeake that secured Washington&#39;s defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown. The chart ranges from Delaware Bay and Philadelphia southward to the St. Johns River in what today is Florida and contains extensive details, especially in the Chesapeake Bay region. Additionally, it provides considerable inland details (roads, tribes, towns, mountains rivers, etc.) as far north as Fort Necessity and as far west as the Ohio River. Neatly mended split along the lower half of the centerfold and well-done small repairs in several spots and along the margin. Some soiling on the reverse and backed with thin paper. Very attractive..

Sharp, Anthony [pseud]:THE LANCASTER ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1779 Lancaster [Pa.]: Printed and Sold by Francis Bailey, [1778].. [30]pp. (lacking pp.[31-36]), including in- text woodcut illustrations. 12mo. Illustrated printed self-wrappers, stitched (one thread of two lacking). First leaf detached, with portion of upper inner corner (1 1/2 x 1 inch) torn away. Marginal dampstaining on front leaf, significant dampstain on remaining leaves. Good. Revolutionary War issue of Francis Bailey&#39;s LANCASTER ALMANACK, with significant patriotic content. Francis Bailey, an official printer to both the U.S. Congress and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, operated a printing press in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1773 to 1780, during which time he produced numerous important federal documents, including the first official printing of the Articles of Confederation. In the same year that he published the present volume, Bailey printed a German- language almanac in which George Washington was first dubbed "the father of his country" ("Des Landes Vater"). The front cover of the 1779 ALMANACK features a large, elaborate woodcut scene combining themes of astronomy, America, and liberty. In addition to the calendar, the volume includes various recipes and maxims, patriotic verse, and an account of Ethan Allen&#39;s reply to Gen. Howe&#39;s proposal that he desert the American cause and join the British army. The illustration, "The Anatomy of Man&#39;s Body, as governed by the Twelve Constellations," appears on page [5]. A scarce volume, with only four copies located between NAIP and OCLC. DRAKE 10073. EVANS 16054. HILDEBURN 3808. NAIP w032746.

N/aBiographia Britannica: Or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons Who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, From the Earliest Ages, down to the Present times: - London - Printed by W. and A. Strahan for C. Bathurst et al, 1778 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. A scarce set of Biographia Britannica: Or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons Who have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, From the Earliest Ages, down to the Present times: Collected from the Best Authorities, both Printed and Manuscript and Digested in the Manner of Mr Bayle&#39;s Historical and Critical Dictionary. The secondedition, with corrections, enlargements, and the addition of new lives by Andrew Kippis with the assistance the of Rev. Joseph Towers and other Gentlemen. In fivevolumes complete. Volume one: Aaron to Bathurst; volume two: Bathurst to Bull; volume three: Bulleyn to Coke; volume four: Baxter to Davies; volume five: Davis to Fastolff. Biographia Britannica was a multi-volume biographical compendium, the most ambitious attempt in the latter half of the eighteenth century to document the lives of notable British men and women. The first edition, edited by William Oldys, appeared in 6 volumes (the sixth in two parts, the second sometimes catalogued as volume 7) between 1747 and 1766. Five volumes of an incomplete second edition, edited by Andrew Kippis with the assistance of Joseph Towers, appeared between 1778 and 1793, and cover names commencing Aa through to Fa; a sixth volume was prepared for publication, and may have been published, but now seems to be lost. Contributors included Thomas Broughton and John Campbell, compiler of Lives of the Admirals (1742). Andrew Kippis (1725 - 1795) was an English nonconformist clergyman and biographer. Joseph Towers (1737 - 1799) was an English Dissenter and biographer. Condition: In half calf bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Externally,generally sound but with wear to extremities and rubbing and marks to boards, one volume rebacked. Seven boards detached, two joints failed withboardsheld by hinges only,one jointcracked. Internally, text blocks firmly bound. Bright and generally clean but with occasional slight foxing and marks to pagesand small institutional ink stamps to reverse of titles and an ink stamp&#39;Rebound 11 Jul 1957&#39; to rear of volume three. With the odd slight closed tear. Overall: GOOD ONLY.

[Franklin, Bejnjamin]:BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. NÉ À BOSTON, DANS LA NOUVELLE ANGLETERRE LE 17 JANVIER 1706 [caption title] [Augsburg: Johann Lorenz Rugendas, ca. 1778].. Mezzotint portrait, 14 3/4 x 10 inches. Very minor soiling. A good, strong impression. Very good. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin engraved by Johann Lorenz Rugendas. The portrait shows Franklin seated at a writing desk, wearing a fur hat and spectacles in a fur-trimmed robe, facing left in three-quarter length profile. In his left hand he holds a sheet of paper, while his right hand reaches inside his robe at chest level; an ink stand, quill and pen knife are also present on the desk, along with a stack of correspondence. One of the letters is addressed to "Monsieur Franklin, A Paris." Upon his arrival in France as a commissioner from the newly independent United States, Charles-Nicolas Cochin engraved a portrait of Franklin wearing his audacious fur cap. The famous image drew many imitators and variations. Sellers says of the image, "Because of it, the sensational fact of Franklin&#39;s arrival in France and the sensational costume which so effectively dramatized his role as envoy from the New World to the Old reached every part of Europe, creating an image of tremendous value to Franklin&#39;s purpose." This image is not mentioned by Sellers. A nice variant of this iconic and historically important image. SELLERS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN PORTRAITURE, pp.227-231.